BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · McKenzie County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T153N R96W sections 5, 6

Spacing unit13 wells allowed · order 31977Sand Creek-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T153N R96W sections 5, 6
Pool
Sand Creek-Bakken
Zone
Zone XIII
County
McKenzie County
Surveyed wells inside
11
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
Unit id
dsu-09f5078ca5936caed3cd
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
13
Wells assigned to this unit
11
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+2
First linked order
Oct 30, 2009
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
0
Neighbourhood target density
8.65 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
10.79 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 0 laterals still fit at the density this unit's neighbourhood has reached (the larger of the 75th percentile of mature units within 10 miles and the median of units drilled in the last three years), placed in the widest gaps with the setbacks of the November 2026 method. Machine-made and geometric: not a commitment to drill, not a permit, order, lease or plan, and no economics. Land is counted once, so a unit under a larger unit shows only what the larger one left. How it is computed.

Map

WOLD FEDERAL 43-1-2HWOLD FEDERAL 43-1-1HWOLD FEDERAL 42-1-2HWOLD FEDERAL 43-1-2TFHWOLD FEDERAL 42-1-1HWOLD FEDERAL 42-1-1TFHWOLD FEDERAL 42-1-2TFHWOLD FEDERAL 44-1TFHUWOLD FEDERAL 43-1-1TFHWOLD FEDERAL 42-1-3HSORENSON FEDERAL 15-5H1 mi

DMR footprint (NAD83) with the published surface locations of its wells. Laterals run under the unit; pads often sit on a neighbouring section.

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Wells inside the unit

WellOperatorStatusLateral inside
WOLD FEDERAL 43-1-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)12,384 ft100%
WOLD FEDERAL 43-1-1HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,777 ft100%
WOLD FEDERAL 42-1-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,555 ft100%
WOLD FEDERAL 43-1-2TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,470 ft100%
WOLD FEDERAL 42-1-1HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,319 ft100%
WOLD FEDERAL 42-1-1TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,249 ft100%
WOLD FEDERAL 42-1-2TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,125 ft100%
WOLD FEDERAL 44-1TFHUWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,072 ft100%
WOLD FEDERAL 43-1-1TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,070 ft100%
WOLD FEDERAL 42-1-3HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,068 ft100%
SORENSON FEDERAL 15-5HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONPlugged and abandoned (PA)7,586 ft100%

Surveyed Bakken-system laterals with at least 660 ft of plan-view length inside the published footprint. Geometric membership, not a legal assignment; a lateral can cross several units.

Order history

  1. Order 13536Case 11425Established the spacing unitNORTH PLAINS ENERGY, LLC
  2. Order 14286Case 12050Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedXTO ENERGY INC.
  3. Order 14286Case 12050Designated the spacing unitXTO ENERGY INC.
  4. Order 14560Case 12308Designated the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedENCORE OPERATING, LP
  5. Order 14661Case 12405Established the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedNORTH PLAINS ENERGY, LLC
  6. Order 16626Case 14349Pooled all interests in the unitNORTH PLAINS ENERGY, LLC,
  7. Order 22724Case 20418Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedKODIAK OIL & GAS (USA) INC.
  8. Order 25605Case 23262Designated the spacing unitNEWFIELD PRODUCTION CO.
  9. Order 25994Case 23653Designated the spacing unit, 13 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  10. Order 25997Case 23656Established the spacing unit, 13 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.

Facts extracted from signed NDIC orders whose land description covers this footprint; machine-extracted and not human-reviewed. A stated allowance is what that order allowed, not proof that it governs today.

Overlapping units

4 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.